Q.1
Dramatic to the last, Beethoven died at the height of a thunderstorm and was buried with great honor. One of the close supporters at his funeral was another, younger composer who would die and be buried beside him the following year. Who was he?
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Franz Schubert
  • 'Papa' Jozef Haydn
  • Christoph von Gluck
Q.2
There is one Beethoven piece that almost all learners of the classical piano try to play. It is dedicated to a woman (nobody quite seems to know exactly who she was), and its simple title is 'Fuer ~' (i.e., 'for') ... (what was her name?)
  • Suzanne
  • Maria
  • Elise
  • Grethe
Q.3
At least in the early days of the symphony as an art-form, how many movements ( = separate sections or pieces) would one symphony contain?
  • Two
  • Three
  • Four
  • Five
Q.4
One of the most remarkable facts about Beethoven's life is that he spent his last 25 years or so with a major, and relevant, disability. What was this?
  • He went deaf
  • He lost the use of his right hand
  • He went blind
  • He suffered from fainting fits and lapses of memory
Q.5
Beethoven played a vital part in the development of many forms of music. Which of the following was NOT a field in which he was musically active?
  • The piano sonata
  • Brass bands
  • The string quartet
  • Symphonies
Q.6
We think of Beethoven as 'German' (born in Bonn, after all; but there 'wasn't a Germany' yet, as we know it, back then), but he did most of his work in another German-speaking city: which one?
  • Vienna
  • Venice
  • Berlin
  • Leipzig
Q.7
How many symphonies did he write, altogether?
  • 5
  • 6
  • 9
  • 10
Q.8
Many of these famous composers began their active learning and making of music at astonishingly young ages (some of them, of course, hadn't long to live, so an early start may have been no bad thing!). Which of these age data are believed to be correct for Beethoven?
  • First public piano performance aged 7; first published composition aged 13
  • First public piano performance aged 6; first published composition aged 11
  • First public piano performance aged 8; first published composition aged 14
  • First public piano performance aged 5; first published composition aged 12
Q.9
As with many composers, several of Beethoven's greatest works were given titles or nicknames. Which ONE of these classical descriptive pieces was his work?
  • The Moonlight Sonata
  • Clair de Lune
  • The Raindrop Prelude
  • Butterflies in the Rain
Q.10
The German national anthem (as it now is) was composed by Beethoven's colleague Haydn, but a piece by Beethoven has now been adopted as the European Anthem. From which of Beethoven's larger works does this piece come?
  • The Fifth Symphony
  • The Ninth Symphony
  • One of his operas
  • The Requiem Mass
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